Can-opener.



E. E. HARDY.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY H.19l7.

Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

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EMERY EASTMAN HARDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. Jan, 21, 1919,

Application filed July 11. 1917. Serial No. 179,805.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1,. EMnRY EAs'rM xN HARDY,a citizen of the UnitedStates, reslding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of'NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can- Openers,of'which the following is a speclfication.

My invention relates to improvements in canv openers, and the object ofmy improvement is to produce a can opener that comprises a pair of jawsor blades that cofiperate to shear the material of the can top, andwhich furthermore to effect such cutting are operated by means of asingle handle and by an upward movement thereof. whereby the operationis substantially like that of certain can openers that are Well knownand in common use.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my"improved can opener.

Fig. 2 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of one end of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same with the parts in a differentposition.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing a development of the end of thehandle member shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

My improved can opener comprises a handle member 10 that serves as afixed member or frame and a movable aw member 11 mounted thereon in aspecial manner to be described, both the said fixed member 10 and themovable member 11 being formed of sheet material.

The handle member 10 as shown is provided at one end, at the right end12 in Fig. 1, .with certain can opening devices that form no part of thepresent invention.

The main body portion 13 of the handle member 10 serves as the handleproper, and the jaw member 11 is mounted at the other or left end of thesaid handle member 10.

The said left end is of peculiar formation comprising as shown in Fig. 2a laterally extending guide arm 1 1 at the outer end portion forengaging with the edge of the can, the said finger 14 being directed toone side of the plane of the said body portion 13 and connected to theend of the said body portion.

Between the arm 14 and the handle proper serves as a cutting edge, andthe same is provided with a curved, convex formation suitably to permitof a rocking movement of the can opener as a whole with the saidouttingedge 19in bearing engagement with the top of the can.

The movable jaw member 11 is mounted against one side face of the fixedjaw member 16, and comprises a body portion 20 provided with a hole 21for receiving the pivotal pin 17 and with a slot 22 that is eccentric tothe said pivotal hole 21 for receiving the stop pin 18, the end walls ofthe slot 22 cooperating with the said pin 18 to limit the rocking orswinging movement of the said movable jaw member 11.

At the lower edge portion the body portion 20 of the movable jaw member11 is provided with a generally downwardly projecting prong 23, and theupper edge portion may be rounded as shown.

The prong 23 has a pointed lower end 24 and has the upper edge portion25 formed as a cutting edge and of curved contour, suitably tocoiiperate with the cutting edge 19 of the fixed jaw member 16.

In use, some part of the lower edge portion 26 in extension of therounded cutting edge 19 of the handle member 10 is brought into contactwith the top surface of the can, and the movable jaw member 11 is swungso as to brin the prong 23 to the rearmost position, t e stop pin 18being in engagement with the lower end wall of the slot 22 as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. The next movement is an upward movement of the handleproper 13, which is accompanied by a closing of the jaws 19 and 25, andcuttlng of the material of the can top, the shearing being efi'ected asthe bearing ortion of the cutting edge 19 of the fixed jaw member 11 ismoved along by the rolling of the said outtin edge 19 along the can top.

he lower edge portion of the fixed jaw member 16 is provlded outwardlyfrom the cutting edge 19 with a serrated edge 29, for gripping the cantop.

The pin 18 serves as the main cam pin, the same being fixedly secured tothe body portion or handle member 13, and traveling in the cam slot 22in the jaw member 20 as de scribed. i

As a further detail, the pin 17, that serves as the pivotal pin for thejaw member 20,

17 in the short cam slot 28 that effects a continuation of the cuttingof the can top.

I claim as my invention A can opener operative to cut a can top I by alifting movement ofra single handle,

Copies of this; patent may be obtained for comprising a handle memberhaving a jaw with a cutting edge at one end and a handle extendingrearwardly from the said jaw, and a movable jaw member mounted on thesaid handle member, the said movable jaw member having a forwardlyextending jaw that is provided with a cutting edge, the cutting edge onthe handle member being positioned above the cutting edge on the movablejaw member and separated therefrom by a space for receiving the can top,and the connection between the said members comprising a set ofcooperating pins and slots that permit of shifting the said membersrelatively one to the other so as to open the said space in oneposition, for engaging with the can top, and substantially closing thesaid space during the cutting movement.

EMERY EASTMAN ARDY;

W itnesses GEORGE W. ANDREW, RUTH A. LANDON.

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